Cost of Living in Visakhapatnam, 🇮🇳 India - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Nov 12, 2026 Last changed Nov 14, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing 1 2 31 $253 $158 $253 $105 $28

Utilities 30 — $42 $53 $21 —

Internet & Mobile 5 6 $12 $11 $16 $8 $0

Groceries 14 15 16 17 18 $53 $100 $253 $79 $2

Transportation 19 20 21 $47 $53 $68 $16 $7

Dining Out 10 11 12 13 $155 $84 $105 $35 $11

Leisure Activities 7 32 $37 $42 $453 $15 $9

Health Insurance 28 $63 $32 $84 $5 $2

Visa & Legal Fees 29 $8 $3 $33 — $1

Total $628 $525 $1,318 $284 $60

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 $126.41 $84 – $211 per month

Coworking Space 4 $73.73 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 $231.75 $211 – $274 per month

Coliving Space 3 $73.74 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 10 $1.85 per cup

Beer 9 $2.37 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 11 $1.58 per meal

Fast Food Combo 12 $2.11 per meal

Apples 15 $1.42 per kg

Bread $0.59 per loaf

Milk 16 $0.76 per liter

Rice 17 $1.00 per kg

Chicken Fillets 14 $4.63 per kg

Beef $4.49 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 9 $11.59 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 13 $10.53 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 18 $0.32 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 20 $1.32 per trip

Taxi per km 20 $0.20 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 21 $12.64 per month

Gasoline 19 $1.22 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 20 $2.32 per trip

Scooter Rental 22 $84.25 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 5 $2.11 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 6 $6.31 per month

Gym Membership 7 8 $9.91 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $6.94 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 5 $0.58 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket $2.14 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $29.90 per pair

Summer Dress $19.22 per dress

Running Shoes $48.06 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 25 26 $2.73 per visit

Laundry 27 $0.74 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 23 $6.43 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 24 $0.34 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Nov 12, 2026
Last changed: Nov 14, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 94.93 INR on Oct 19, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Hyderabad, Chennai, Pondicherry

Change history

Nov 14, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 512.65 231.75
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 154.86 126.41
- Apples 2.03 1.42
- Beer 2.35 2.37
- Chicken Fillets 3.31 4.63
32 more changes
- Coffee 1.71 1.85
- Coliving Space 128.16 73.74
- Coworking Space 69.42 73.73
- Dining Out local 37.38, nomad 373.81, expat 192.25, family 267.01, tourist 32.04 local 34.76, nomad 154.85, expat 84.27, family 105.34, tourist 11.38
- Doctor Visit (GP) 6.41 6.43
- Fast Food Combo 4.81 2.11
- Gasoline 1.2 1.22
- Groceries local 90.78, nomad 53.4, expat 160.2, family 373.81, tourist 4.27 local 79.01, nomad 52.67, expat 100.07, family 252.82, tourist 2.11
- Gym Membership 23.5 9.91
- Haircut 3.74 2.73
- Health Insurance local 8.54, nomad 69.42, expat 48.06, family 90.78, tourist 2.14 local 5.27, nomad 62.72, expat 31.61, family 84.27, tourist 2.09
- Housing local 128.16, nomad 480.61, expat 267.01, family 427.21, tourist 48.06 local 105.34, nomad 252.82, expat 158.03, family 252.82, tourist 28.44
- Internet & Mobile local 6.41, nomad 26.7, expat 16.02, family 32.04, tourist 1.6 local 8.41, nomad 12.09, expat 10.51, family 15.76, tourist 0.19
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 8.01 6.31
- Laundry 4.81 0.74
- Leisure Activities local 21.36, nomad 160.2, expat 106.8, family 192.25, tourist 10.68 local 14.75, nomad 36.87, expat 42.14, family 452.97, tourist 9.48
- Meal (Inexpensive) 2.67 1.58
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 19.22 10.53
- Milk 0.77 0.76
- Mobile Plan 3.73 2.11
- Monthly Transport Pass 12.82 12.64
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 3.2 0.34
- Rice 0.69 1
- Ride-hailing (5km) 1.92 2.32
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 5.34 0.58
- Scooter Rental 4.81 84.25
- Taxi Start 0.64 1.32
- Taxi per km 0.23 0.2
- Transportation local 16.02, nomad 85.44, expat 128.16, family 234.97, tourist 12.82 local 15.8, nomad 47.4, expat 52.67, family 68.47, tourist 7.37
- Utilities local 26.7, nomad 58.74, expat 69.42, family 128.16, tourist 0 local 21.07, nomad 0, expat 42.14, family 52.67, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 42.72, expat 26.7, family 53.4, tourist 1.6 local 0, nomad 8.33, expat 3.43, family 33.33, tourist 0.83
- Wine (Mid-range) 10.15 11.59
re-check corrections: Haircut moved to the Urban Company Visakhapatnam price after the Justdial page stopped responding (urbancompany.com, bewtee.com); Visa & Legal Fees expat moved to the one-year e-Tourist fee of USD 40 plus the 3 percent bank charge spread over twelve months (indianvisaonline.gov.in); Internet & Mobile re-summed from the cited Jio and ACT plan prices, and Milk set to the 72-rupee-per-litre shelf price (jio.com, gizbot.com, instamart.in); Housing, Health Insurance and tourist-day values corrected to the exact rupee conversions at 94.93 rupees per dollar.

Visakhapatnam cost of living